Tlex.mon. 7. MYRICiE. 15. Myrica. 249 



Fam.VJI. 7. MYRICiE. Richard. 



Floiuers unisexual, amentaceous. — Male. Aments one- 

 flowered ; stamens 4 to 6 ; anthers 2-celled. — Female. 

 Ovary 1, free; stigynata 2; nut 1-celled; shell bonelike; 

 kernel inverse ; perisper?n 0. — Stem woody ; leaves glandu- 

 lar; ament axillary; or spiked, terminal; drupe resinous, 

 spotted. 



I. 15. MYRICA. Theophrastus. Gaule, 



DioicouSf rarely monoicous ; aments ovate, scales lunate. 

 — Male. Stamens 4 to 6 ; anthers 4-valved. — Fem. Ovary 1; 

 stigmata 2; drupe 1-celled, 1-seeded. 



Myrica Bralantica, Brabant gaule. 



Leaves lanceolate, rather serrated ; stem shrubby. 



Gale, frutex odoratus Septen^ionalinm, Elaeagnus Cordo, Rait Syn.4i3. 



Myrtiis Brabantica, sive Elffiajgnus Cordi, Ger. em. 1414. 



Rhus sylrestris, sive Myrtus Brabantica vel Anglica, Park. 1451. 



Myrica Gale, Lin. S. P. 1453. 



Gaule. Sweet willow. Dutch myrtle. 



Bogs and fens ; shrubby ; May. 



Branches many, upright ; twigs rather bent ; leaves nearly 

 sessile ; aments early, sessile. — Used instead of hops, but 

 unless the wort is boiled a long time, the liquor occasions 

 the head-ach; dyes wool yellow; drives away fleas and 

 moths ; yields an oil by distillation with water ; powder or 

 infusion vermifuge ; tans calf-skins ; aments boiled in water 

 throw up a waxy scum. 



Fam.VIII. 8. ULMACE^. 



Flowers hermaphi'odite, or unisexual by abortion ; peri- 

 gonium simple, free, 4 to 6-toothed ; stamens 4 or 6, on the 

 perigonium ; ovary 1 ; styles 2 ; stigmata 2 ; samara one- 

 seeded ; seed pendent ; perisperm ; embryo straight ; coty- 

 ledons plaited ; radicle above. 



I. 16. ULMUS. Pliny. Elm. 



Flowers hermaphrodite ; perigonium bellshape, 4 or 

 5-toothed, coloured, not falling off"; stamens 3 or 6 ; ovary 

 compressed; stigmata 2; samara suborbiculate, swelled in 

 the middle, 1-seeded. — Stem arborescent; leaves rough, 

 ribs parallel ; flowers fascicled, scaly, axillary. 



